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New NICAR Course lessons coming for fall 2020 semester
July 14, 2020 IRE’s popular NICAR Course Packs will be fully updated for the latest versions of Excel on PC and Mac, plus a new Google Sheets edition, for use in fall 2020 classes. NICAR Course Packs contain everything instructors need to teach an introductory data journalism class in spreadsheets. Materials for students include hands-on…
Read MoreIRE bringing educator bootcamps to three locations
IRE will provide coast-to-coast training opportunities for college educators and students as part of the new IRE on Campus program. Educator bootcamps will take place in Tucson, Chicago and Syracuse. Additionally, two schools — San Diego State University and Florida A&M University — have also been selected to receive free custom training. Generous funding from…
Read MoreIRE on Campus launches with focus on data, investigative skills
College educators and students will receive investigative and data training through the new IRE on Campus program, which will include special opportunities for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Generous funding from Lumina Foundation in Indianapolis will help launch the campus initiative. It features two components: Custom training for students and educators on…
Read MoreRegister your class to use NICAR Courses this fall
Preparing a fall syllabus for a college journalism course? Consider teaching your class the basics of data journalism using spreadsheets. We have all the lessons and data you need to introduce your students to Excel and working with data through NICAR Courses. “I have used this course pack in a digital journalism foundations class, and…
Read MoreIntroducing NICAR Courses
We’ve been training journalists for years and decided it was time to share some of that knowledge with college instructors to help prepare the next generation of journalists. With that in mind, we created NICAR Courses – everything instructors need to teach an introduction to data journalism using spreadsheets. This Excel module will cover two…
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